The NEWLY RENOVATED Ramada Hotel at Newark International Airport offers you the comfort and convenience of a large full service hotel. Located directly across from Newark International Airport, and our famous discount shopping malls. The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to and from the airport, 24 hours daily. Featuring 349 deluxe spacious accommodations, offering either a king-sized bed or two double beds. Amenities include a beautifully landscaped courtyard, outdoor pool and sun patio, mini health club, gift shop and free in-room cable television. Our Starlight Restaurant, lounge, and cafe are open daily, featuring a varied selection of continental and international menu items. The hotel features a new state-of-the-art conference center, with eight distinctive meeting and banquet rooms. Not only is the hotel convenient and comfortable, it also offers the best value within the greater Newark area.
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During your Newark vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
South Street Seaport & Museum
Dating back to the 17th century, this landmark historic district on the East River encompasses 11 square blocks of historic buildings, a maritime museum, several piers, shops, and restaurants.You can explore most of the Seaport on your own. It's a beautiful but somewhat odd place. The mainly 18th- and 19th-century buildings lining the cobbled streets and alleyways are impeccably restored but nevertheless have a theme-park air about them, no doubt due to the mall-familiar shops housed within. The Seaport's biggest tourist attraction is Pier 17, a historic barge converted into a mall, complete with food court and cheap jewelry kiosks.Despite its rampant commercialism, the Seaport is well worth a look. There's a good amount of history to be discovered here, most of it around the South Street Seaport Museum, a fitting tribute to the sea commerce that once thrived here.In addition to the galleries -- which house paintings and prints, ship models, scrimshaw, and nautical designs, as well as frequently changing exhibitions -- there are a number of historic ships berthed at the pier to explore, including the 1911 four-masted Peking and the 1893 Gloucester fishing schooner Lettie G. Howard. A few of the boats are living museums and restoration works in progress; the 1885 cargo schooner Pioneer (tel. 212/748-8786) offers 2-hour public sails daily from early May through September. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for children 12 and under. If you'd rather keep those sea legs on dry land, the museum offers a number of guided walking tours; call or check www.southstseaport.org for details.Even Pier 17 has its merits. Head up to the third-level deck overlooking the East River, where the long wooden chairs will have you thinking about what it was like to cross the Atlantic on the Normandie. From this level you can see south to the Statue of Liberty, north to the Gothic majesty of the Brooklyn Bridge, and Brooklyn Heights on the opposite shore.At the gateway to the Seaport, at Fulton and Water streets, is the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse, a monument to those who lost their lives when the ocean liner sank on April 15, 1912. It was erected overlooking the East River in 1913 and moved to this spot in 1968, just after the historic district was so designated.A variety of events take place year-round, ranging from street performers to concerts to fireworks; check the website or dial tel. 212/SEA-PORT.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper-Hewitt is housed in the Carnegie Mansion, built by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie in 1901 and renovated to the tune of $20 million in 1996. Some 11,000 square feet of gallery space is devoted to changing exhibits that are invariably well conceived, engaging, and educational. Shows are both historic and contemporary in nature, and topics range from The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention to Russell Wright: Creating American Lifestyle to The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks. Many installations are drawn from the museum's own vast collection of industrial design, drawings, textiles, wall coverings, books, and prints.On your way in, note the fabulous Art Nouveau-style copper-and-glass canopy above the entrance. And be sure to visit the garden, ringed with Central Park benches from various eras.
American Museum of Natural History
This is one of the hottest museum tickets in town, thanks to the $210 million Rose Center for Earth and Space, whose four-story-tall planetarium sphere hosts the excellent Harrison Ford-narrated Space Show "Are We Alone?," the most technologically advanced sky show on the planet. Prepare to be blown away. The show is short -- less than a half-hour from start to finish -- but phenomenal. (New York magazine has called it "the world's largest, most powerful virtual-reality simulator.")Buy your tickets in advance for the Space Show in order to guarantee admission (they're available online); I also recommend buying tickets in advance for a specific IMAX film or special exhibition, such as the Butterfly Conservatory , especially during peak seasons (summer, autumn, holiday time) and for weekend visits; otherwise, you might miss out.Other must-sees include the Big Bang Theater, which re-creates the theoretical birth of the universe; the main Hall of the Universe, with its very own 15 1/2-ton meteorite; and the terrific Hall of Planet Earth, which focuses on the geologic processes of our home planet (great volcano display!). All in all, you'll need a minimum of 2 hours to fully explore the Rose Center. Tip: Friday night is a great time to plan your visit, as the center isn't overcrowded, live jazz and food fill the Hall of the Universe, and, bathed in blue light, the sphere looks magical.The rest of the 4-square-block museum is nothing to sneeze at, either. Founded in 1869, it houses the world's greatest natural science collection in a square-block group of buildings made of towers and turrets, pink granite and red brick. The diversity of the holdings is astounding: some 36 million specimens, ranging from microscopic organisms to the world's largest cut gem, the Brazilian Princess Topaz (21,005 carats). Rose Center aside, it would take you all day to see the entire museum, and then you still wouldn't get to everything. If you don't have a lot of time, you can see the best of the best on free highlights tours offered daily every hour at 15 minutes after the hour from 10:15am to 3:15pm. Free daily spotlight tours, thematic tours that change monthly, are also offered; stop by an information desk for the day's schedule. Audio Expeditions, high-tech audio tours that allow you to access narration in the order you choose, are also available to help you make sense of it all.If you only see one exhibit, see the dinosaurs, which take up the entire fourth floor.The Hall of Biodiversity is an impressive multimedia exhibit, but its doom-and-gloom story about the future of rainforests and other natural habitats might be too much for the little ones. Kids 5 and up should head to the Discovery Room, with lots of hands-on exhibits and experiments. (Parents, be prepared: There seems to be a gift shop overflowing with fuzzy stuffed animals at every turn.) After a renovation, the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites opened in late 2003, transformed into a hands-on exhibit.The museum excels at special exhibitions, so check to see what will be on while you're in town in case any advance planning is required. The magical Butterfly Conservatory, a walk-in enclosure housing nearly 500 free-flying tropical butterflies, has developed into a can't-miss fixture from October through May; check to see if it's in the house while you're in town.
Hilton Newark Penn Station
This first class business oriented hotel is convenienly located within the prestigious Gateway Center in the arts district of Newark, just 10 minutes from Newark International Airport and 15 minutes from Midtown ...
Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel
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Comfort Suites Newark
The Comfort Suites Newark is 4 miles from Newark-Liberty Airport. We offer airport shuttle service, complimentary high speed internet, and meeting rooms available. Our hotel is close to restaurants, public transportation to New York City, theater, stadium, museums, and universities Shuttle Service available to Newark International Airport, 10.00 per person each way. On May 1, 2007, All Comfort Suites will be smoke ...
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Most recent user reviews
Hit or Miss
Christina, 2007-03-06
The Ramada Inn at Newark Liberty Airport was one of the most interesting hotel experiences I've ever had. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom adequate, which were the highlights of this hotel. The telephones in my room didn't work correctly and the large bright red flashing message lights would not turn off. I called the front desk after checking for any messages and was told that maintenance would come to check it, three days later the problem still hadn't been fixed. I ate in the downstairs diner on one occasion and became violently ill a few hours afterwards, which did not occur throughout the remainder of my trip when I ordered food from local places. Overall, the front desk staff were cordial on occasion, but frequently abrupt and distant. The shuttle service was excellent though, which I greatly appreciated. I also had the opportunity to attend a conference at this hotel during my stay, during which there were numerous issues with the slow staff response. Overall, I would not recommend this hotel and will not stay there again.
Very Friendly
Anonymous, 2007-02-12
The hotel, through the van service to the airport is also convenient to Penn Station, which is fast access to Nork York City or several other points.
The Ramada Inn Liberty Airport Newark, NJ was very accommodating. The room was large and extremely clean. The service to and from the airport was fast and helpful. I will stsy here again!
Great Value!
Anonymous, Springfield, IL, 2006-12-14
A nine dollar toll if you're traveling by car or a train ride into the greatest city in the world--New York.
The folks at this Ramada are great from check-in to check-out. Overall, the quality and ammenities are a great value for the money. If your doing business in the upper New Jersey area, access via major arteries is tremendous. Only one wish as a business traveler and that is to include internet access in the rooms. Beyond that inconvenience, this is one of the best values in hotel accomodations in any major airport city to which I have traveled.
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edgar, Austin, TX, 2006-12-03
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Will never book this hotel again
Carl, Dallas, TX, 2006-10-27
When I arrived at the airport I ended up waiting for an hour to be picked up with the temp around 38 degrees. The first van driver acted very upset that he had to drive to pick people up and filled the van. Ramada stated that they would send another van in 5 min it was more like 20 min and then had to send another van. When I first tried to get on the van was pushed out of the way, in trying to be friendly and nice I let it go. The second van driver was not much help either. By the time the third van showed up I and at least 2 others had been outside waiting for him for an hour. When checked in thanks were better but after two phone calls to be picked up I would have at least thought that they would try and appologize for the wait but staff didn't even seem to care and tried to rush through the process. The next morning got up to catch the shuttle to the airport for my flight at 4 and the shuttle van was pulling out but I could get on it shortly due to the fact that the van was full and didn't take all the family that was leaving. When the van back back to pick the rest of the family the driver told me I could not get on the van because it was full. There were only 6 people on the van to go to the airport and the van holds more that that. The driver and the counter help stated that they will be back to take me to the airport at 4:30am but it was 4:40 before the van was back and 4:45 before we left for the airport. By the time I got thru the airtrain and security my plane was boarding. I guess I was wrong to attempt to stay at another chain like Ramada Inns. When I talk to freinds and co-workers I am recommending that they not stay at Ramada Inns because of my experiecne. This is not my first time at Ramada and this was the worst, I can not and will not recommend Ramada to anyone.
convienient location to airport
Nicholas, 2006-10-23
Convienient location near Newark airport, rooms clean, bedding comfortable, staff friendly and efficient. Exterior areas not well kept, some liter around... Rooms good size, well appointed.
very friendly
Sylvia, Las Vegas, NV, 2006-10-05
ETHNIC SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN NEWARK IS CREAT.
ROOM WAS COMFORTABLE.A SMALL REFIDGERATOR IN THE ROOM WOULD HAVE BEEN WELCOME.
O.k. for quick trip
Anonymous, 2006-09-22
To me, a nitty, gritty atmosphere. Room was not ready for occupancy in that floor and bathroom had to be reswept. Safe enough and restaurant handy and so was access to computer.Tho I wouldn[t recommmend it I must admit I could put up with it due to convenience..e.g. restaurant,airport shuttle, computer access...if the price was better.Of course I may have been influenced by just flying in from clean, organized, neat as a pin etc. Switzerland.
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